The election of officers, the presentation of preview-copies of the One Coat Stucco Reference Guide and a new Industry Specification highlighted the Annual Meeting of the National One Coat Stucco Association (NOCSA), held in Las Vegas, Nevada last month.
George Adams (EZ Wall Premix Co., Inc.) of Dallas, Texas, was elected the 2009 President. He succeeds Ben Garcia (Expo Stucco Products) of San Diego, California, who will serve on the NOCSA Board as Past President.
Tim Williams (Ultra Kote Products) of Phoenix, Arizona, was elected Vice President. Steve Taylor (Omega Products Int'l, Inc.) of Corona, California, was re-elected Secretary/Treasurer.
Newly elected Directors were Mike Griffin (Spec Mix, Inc.) of Mendota Heights, Minnesota; Gary Alexander (Sacramento Stucco Co.) of West Sacramento, California; John McCroan (Sto Corp.) of Atlanta, Georgia.
Re-elected for a one-year term was Peter Daechsel (BASF Construction Chemicals - Wall Systems) of Jacksonville, Florida and Drake Nelson (Weatherization Partners) of Phoenix, Arizona as Associate Director.
Wayne James, CAE is Executive Director of the National One Coat Stucco Association, which his based in Arlington, Texas.
At the meeting, preview copies of the new One Coat Stucco Reference Guide were presented. After a final review, the Guide will be available later this spring to architects, specifiers, contractors, suppliers, manufacturers and others engaged in the Construction Industry. It was pointed out that this will be a big asset to the Industry.
A new revised Generic Specification for One Coat Stucco that meets the 2004 CSI Master Format Section was also presented. Included in the specifications are editing notes to offer assistance to users in editing the specifications to suit project requirements.
It was reported that 18 manufacturing firms had participated in an extensive laboratory testing to develop performance criteria to verify One Coat Stucco performance of the Drainage Plane. The tests were performed for NOCSA and its members by Specialized Testing Laboratories of Santa Fe Springs, California. The tests were performed to meet the new requirements of the Internal Code Council Evaluation Service (ICC-ES) for Drainage Plane located behind cementitious exterior wall coverings. (AC11-3.2.10.)
It was reported that seven Manufacturer firms had recently joined the Association and two others have submitted applications in February.
- Eagle Building Materials; Fresno, CA (Manufacturer)
- Extreme One Coat Stucco; Tucson, AZ
- Formulated Solutions, LLC; Woodside, NC (Manufacturer)
- GrayStone of Florida; Longwood, FL (Manufacturer)
- Highland Products; Phoenix, AZ (Manufacturer)
- IMASCO; Vancouver, B.C. Canada (Manufacturer)
- Superwall Manufacturing; Tempe, AZ (Manufacturer)
- Prowall Building Products; Phoenix, AZ (Manufacturer)
- Spec Mix, Inc.; Mendota Heights, MN (Manufacturer)
- Star Building Products; Fresno, CA (Manufacturer)
- Texas Stucco Supply, Inc.; Dallas, TX (Associate)
The National One Coat Stucco Association is developing a Reference Guide for One Coat Stucco.
The Guide will contain generic information of importance to Architects, Specifiers and others in developing documents for a stucco project. It will also be of importance to Builders, Contractors and Applicators.
The manual is being designed to put forth the most efficient procedures and to have sufficient details that are acceptable to the Industry.
In addition to a Generic Specification some of the special sections of the guide will include:Ben Garcia is Chairman of the Committee coordinating the development of the Guide. Ron Ogawa & Associates is developing the manual from an outline the Board and the Committee prepared.
- Flashing
- Substrates
- Moisture Barrier
- Lath / Fastening
- Mixing
- Applications
- Floating
- Finishes
The final draft is expected to be completed this Spring and distribution will begin in the Summer.
October 2008
The National One Coat Stucco Association (NOCSA) has completed extensive laboratory testing to develop performance criteria to verify One Coat Stucco performance of the Drainage Plane.
The purpose of this test program was to demonstrate that for One Coat Stucco Systems where a weather resistive barrier, meeting the requirements of Section 1404.2 of the 2006 International Building Code, is installed behind the EPS foam, adequate drainage of infiltrating of water occurs.
The tests were performed by NOCSA and its members to meet new requirements of the International Code Council Evaluation Service (ICC-ES), for the Drainage Plane located behind cementitious exterior wall coverings. The revised acceptance criteria AC11 was approved by the ICC-ES Committee on June 7, 2007 and was effective July 1, 2007.
The Specialized Testing of Santa Fe Springs, California was contracted by Ron Ogawa of Ronald Ogawa & Associates, Inc., to conduct the tests. Ogawa served as the test program consultant for NOCSA and supervised the tests.
The ICC-ES is requiring Evaluation Reports issued on or after the effective date of July 1, 2007and falling within the scope of this criteria to comply with the revised criteria - AC11 - 3.2.10.
Evaluation reports issued prior to the effective date may be in compliance either with the new acceptance criteria or with the previous edition. However, those based on a superseded version must be brought in compliance with the new criteria at the time the reports are reissued.
Members of NOCSA who participated in this test program are eligible to utilize the report of the testing with a Letter of Authorization from the Executive Director of NOCSA.
Effective July 1, 2007 the International Code Council Evaluation Service (ICC-ES) has revised AC11, section 3.2.10 to read:
"3.2.10 Weather-resistive Considerations: A water-resistive barrier complying with Sections 3.1.13 and 3.2.7 of this criteria is required under the exterior wall coating, except where coating system has been specifically recognized without barrier. The water-resistive barrier shall not be installed over the foam insulation board.
Details shall be submitted of a drainage system based on drainage performance testing. The applicant must submit a testing a proposal to ICC-ES prior to testing. Precedent for a testing procedure can be found in the ICC-ES Acceptance Criteria for EIFS Clad Drainage Wall Assemblies (AC235), Section 4.10.
In addition to a weather-resistive barrier complying with Section 3.1.13 of this criteria, the coating and lath may be applied over a water-resistive coating, complying with the ICC-ES Acceptance Criteria for Trowel-, Spray- or Roller-applied Water Resistive Coatings Used as Weather Resistive Barriers Over Cementitious Exterior Wall Coatings (AC209), applied over existing cementitious coatings."
The National One Coat Stucco Association (NOCSA) won a Bronze Award in the 2004 Association Trends Excellence in Publications Awards Program.
The Association's On-line course for AIA-CES, "One Coat Stucco: The Most Efficient Stucco System Available" won the Bronze Award in the Education Program Division.
Entries in 31 categories were received from National, State and Local Associations throughout the nation. The Awards Program is sponsored by Association Trends, a nationally circulated weekly newspaper for Associations professionals and people in the hospitality industry.
The entries were judged on unusual appeal, layout, design and appropriations for specific audiences. Educational contest and use of photos as well as type/quality and production were also evaluated by the judges.
In selecting the NOCSA entry for an award, the judges stated they were impressed with the quality and creativity evident in the preparation and production of the on-line course.
The course was developed by NOCSA for the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education Services. Architects who view the hour-long presentation on-line and who take the test can receive one-hour credit toward their annual continuing education requirements for their license. The course also has HSW credit and is certified by the AIA-CES. It is administered by Ron Blank & Associates, a Registered Provider for AIA-CES.
Architects and other Design Professionals may view the course by logging on to www.ronblank.com. It is listed under Division (nine) 09.
